FMCG Contract Job Trends in the North East

Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG)
England > North East

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term FMCG in contract job vacancies in the North East. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited FMCG over the 6 months leading up to 23 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 52 - 28
Rank change year-on-year - - +35
Contract jobs citing FMCG 1 0 4
As % of all contract jobs in the North East 0.25% - 1.63%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.06% - 5.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 4
10th Percentile - - £485
25th Percentile - - £511
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £638
Median % change year-on-year - - +34.21%
75th Percentile - - £847
90th Percentile - - £999
England median daily rate £600 £575 £550
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £12.21 - -
England median hourly rate £14.75 - -

All Generic Skills
North East

FMCG falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in the North East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 94 104 75
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North East 23.50% 34.67% 30.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 62 39 48
10th Percentile £147 £323 £140
25th Percentile £170 £400 £374
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £416 £495 £465
Median % change year-on-year -15.91% +6.57% -15.55%
75th Percentile £550 £588 £526
90th Percentile £600 £660 £668
England median daily rate £513 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -6.68% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 4 6
10th Percentile £12.44 £26.45 £14.63
25th Percentile £12.79 £39.14 £16.25
Median hourly rate £13.49 £46.18 £31.84
Median % change year-on-year -70.79% +45.04% -51.76%
75th Percentile £43.94 - £46.18
90th Percentile £62.13 - £53.09
England median hourly rate £29.00 £37.00 £43.79
% change year-on-year -21.62% -15.51% +25.12%

FMCG
Job Vacancy Trend in the North East

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing FMCG relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the North East.

FMCG job vacancy trend in the North East

FMCG
Daily Rate Trend in the North East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing FMCG.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing FMCG

FMCG
Contract Job Locations in the North East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing FMCG within the North East region over the 6 months to 23 December 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Cleveland - 1 - -
FMCG
England